Cao Yuanzhong

Cao Yuanzhong (920-3 April 949) was the younger brother of Cao Yuande.

Biography
Cao Yuanzhong was the younger brother of Cao Yuande, Duke of Guiyi. He married the Mongol woman Temulun, and they lived in Guiyi for years. The Cao clan under Yuanzhong's infant nephew Cao Yijin sided with Liang Yan during the Mongolia-Liao War, and Yuanzhong, Temulun, and their nephew Cao Yu were captured during the city's fall. The young and cruel Liang Jing had Cao Yuanzhong and Temulun executed to punish the powerful Cao clan for their treason, and he also had Cao Yu castrated to prevent him from bearing any offspring.